“I think you are the best singer we have in this competition,” judge Heidi Klum told her.
Howie Mandel added: “What a way to open this show!
This is the finale, and that was a finale!”
He also suggested she may win the $1 million prize.
Mel B said: “You just look so comfortable and confident.
There was not one ounce of nervousness… That was just amazing. Absolutely amazing.”
Simon Cowell remarked: “I’m actually gobsmacked, because you really are in it to win it, aren’t you?”
He called Hale “relevant and cool,” and compared her start to that of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake.
“We may be sooner rather than later looking back on this performance to say this is the moment your career started.
You have my absolute respect.”

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